Justin Beck is an American musician and businessman. He is the
guitarist and musical writer for
Long Island, New York band
Glassjaw
Glassjaw is an American post-hardcore band from Hempstead, New York. The band is fronted by vocalist Daryl Palumbo and guitarist Justin Beck, and was a major part of the Long Island music scene in the early 2000s. The band has been influential i ...
. Beck, with a high school and college buddy, Lee Tepper, also co-founded a band
merchandise company called
MerchDirect, which started in 1999 after Beck refused to give up the rights to his merchandising to a major label. In the 90s, he was a member of the
straight edge hardcore
Straight edge (sometimes abbreviated sXe or signified by XXX or X) is a subculture of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and other recreational drugs, in reaction to the excesses of punk subculture. For some, thi ...
band
Sons of Abraham, together with
Todd Weinstock.
Personal life
He and wife,
Melissa Howard
Melissa Beck (born Melissa Howard) is a reality show personality and comedian known for her time as a cast member on the 2000 reality television series '' The Real World: New Orleans'' and the 2002–2005 prank show ''Girls Behaving Badly.''
Ea ...
, an alumna of ''
The Real World: New Orleans'', are the parents of Shalom Mazie, who was born March 20, 2009, and two other daughters: Maja and Shira.
Justin Beck is the only member of Glassjaw to remain straight edge.
References
External links
Justin Beck - Off The Record article
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Living people
People from Long Island
People from Merrick, New York
1979 births
Businesspeople from New York (state)
Glassjaw members